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ILLUSTRATED SOUVENIR 

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STUDEBAKER BROTHERS MFG. CO 

South Bend, Indiana, U. S. A. 



OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY: 

CLEM STUDEBAKER, PRESIDENT. 

J. M. STUDEBAKER, VICE-PRESIDENT. 

P. E. STUDEBAKER, 2nd ViCE-PRES. AND TrEAS. 

GEORGE M. STUDEBAKER, SECRETARY. 



CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, KANSAS CITY, 

BRANCH HOUSES :K Portland, Oregon, salt lake, utah, 

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Entered according to act of Congress, in tine year 1893, 
by Studebai<er Bros. Mfg. Co., in tine office of the Librarian 
of Congress, at Waslnington. 



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mMjT^ IS I^OT THE PURPOSE of tliis work to undertake tlie story of tlie 
^^ veliicle concern known as the Studebaker Bros. Mf^. Co. tkrou^h. tke 



medium of cold type. Tke idea of tke book is to tell tlie story by a 
fev7 cliaracteristic illustrations. We represent tbe magnitude of tke 
business by cuts sliOA^^in6 tbe factories as a "wbole. We convey to tli© 
mind some conception of tbe process by Avbicli vebicle making is accomplisbed by 
tlie interior views presented. We offer to tbe quick appro liension of tbose v7"lio 
turn tbese pa^es some understanding of tbe preparation required in making car= 
ria^es and v^a^ons, by faithful en^ravin^s of our lumber yards and open=air dry 
skeds ; and, lastly, v^'e brin^ before tke mind's eye, in artistically = executed pic= 
tures, tbe finisked products to v^kick tkese v7orks are devoted. And yet it may 
not be inappropriate to introduce tkis panorama of sketckes and en^ravin^s vritk a 
fe^v facts and figures to satisfy tkose wko, possessing tkis souvenir, may ckance to 
be exacting in tke matter of specific information. 

Tke present firm of Studebaker Bros. Mf^. Co. commenced business in a small 
skop for skoein^ korses and doin^ repair v^ork in Soutk Bend, in February, 1852. 
A few tools and cask to tke amount of sixty=ei^lit dollars constituted tke outlay of 
capital. Tke fatker of tke Studebaker brotkers, at tke first Studebaker Ava6on skop 
in Askland, Okie, kad tau^kt tkem kis trade. During tke first year of tkeir busi= 



ness in South. Bend, irwo ^va^ons v^ere made ; the annual product no-w is about fifty 
thousand vehicles. The ^rov/t^h of the business Avas naturally at first slo^w. T^velve 
years found them making a feAV "wagons, but stru^^lin^ hard for recognition a^vay 
from home. In 1857 a contract for -wagons for the use of the United States troops 
in Utah ^ave them their first substantial upw-ard impetus. They had gained 
recognition abroad ! They -were quick to make the most of every advantage, and 
ground once gained v^as never afterv^ards lost. They v^ere chartered as a stock 
company in 1868, and the force of Avorkmen increased year by year, ^rcwin^, seem= 
in^ly, almost by natural accretions, until the force, including some hands employed 
at the various branches of the company, has reached a total of 1,860 men. 

While the construction of vehicles by the Studebakers v^as at first confined to 
Ava^ons, they very early in the history of the company en^a^ed also in carriage 
making, especially of the medium and hi^h grades of this Avork. The illustrations 
v^ill show the factory buildings employed in the production of the leading kinds of 
vehicles made by this company. In carriages these embrace every variety in com= 
mon use, for pleasure or road driving, from the state landau of a president, dovv^n. 
In vra^ons, the variety is equally great, covering those in demand not only for the 
farm, but the mountain, the mine, the plain, and the infinite variety demanded 
for business use in cities. The Avorks also contain departments for the manufacture 



of steel skeins, cast skeins, the Studebaker patent veneer bu^6y and Ava^on seats, 
veneer daslies and fenders. A very important branch, of the v/a^on -works is also 
devoted to the rQanufactnre of street sprinklers, for Avhich the Studebaker company 
have become knovT-n the country over. 

The factory and ^varerooms of the company in Chicago fitly speak for them= 
selves in the illnstration presented. The carriage display at that house is, perhaps, 
unequaled by that of any single concern in the world. The upper floors of the 
Chicago building are used for the manufacture of the finer and more • expensive 
grades of carriage w^ork, and for fine carriage repairing. Itself one of the notable 
buildings of Chicago, it is surrounded on the one hand by the famed Auditorium, 
and, on the other, by the Chicago Club building, formerly the Art Institute. 

The vehicles made by this firm, sent for exhibition to the World's Fair, un= 
doubtedly comprise the most varied and beautiful collection ever offered for a dis= 
play of this kind by a single firm. Money Avas lavishly used in the purchase and 
preparation of the material, and everything that sl^ill and taste combined could 
suggest, Avas employed Avithout stint. 

STXJDEBAKER BROS. MFG. CO., 

South Bend, Indiana;, U. S. A. 



STATISTICAL. 



Wagon works and lumber yards occupy 95 acres. 

Number of stationary engines in daily use, 16. 

Capacity of horse-power, 2500. 

Horse-power of boilers, 3000. 

Number of arc lamps used in factory, 260. 

Number of steam pumps, 25. 

Number of iron-working machines, 288. 

Miscellaneous machines, 75. 

Number of feet of line shafting, 6000. 

Number of pulleys on line shaft, looo. 



Actual floor surface of all factories, 40 acres. 

Horse-power in daily use, 1550. 

Number of boilers in daily use, 20. 

Number of dynamos in daily use, 15. 

Number of incandescent lamps used in factory, 300, 

Number of wood-working machines, 344. 

Number of elevators, 25. 

Total number of machines, 808. 

Number of feet of belting, 37,000. 

Aggregate length of all the belting, over 7 miles. 



Number of feet of lumber used in 1892, 16,000,000. Number of feet of lumber on hand, 48,000,000. 
Employes in machine shop to keep machines in proper order, 72 men. 



STUDEBAKER BROS. MFG. CO., 

South. Bend, Indiana, U. S. A. 



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